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English: A U.S. Navy Sikorsky HSS-1 Seabat (BuNo 143867) of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 8 (HS-8) "Eightballers" in flight. HS-8 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVS-37) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean from 8 July 1957 to 12 February 1958.
The HSS-1 143867 was later transferred to the South Vietnamese Air Force.
Date circa 1957
date QS:P,+1957-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Princeton (CVS-37) 1957-1958 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author U.S. Navy

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